Chief Risk Officer - Contract
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Salary: Negotiable
Recruiter: Dalitso
Job Ref: 915097112
Summary: -
Job Description
Competencies and Skills:
Key Performance Areas:
Salary: Negotiable
Recruiter: Dalitso
Job Ref: 915097112
Summary: -
Job Description
- A post-graduate degree in Risk Management and or Internal Audit.
- Member of the Institute of Risk Management of South Africa (IRMSA).
- Minimum 7 years' combined experience in risk management, of which at least 5 years on management level
- In-depth understanding of regulatory compliance requirements.
- Should be well versed with the regulatory environment.
- Knowledge of the information technology environment and related risks.
Competencies and Skills:
- In-depth knowledge of the risk function policies, standards, and procedures.
- Intellectual curiosity and analytical approach to work.
- Ability to influence a culture of risk awareness in the organization.
- Independent thought leadership to strategic decisions and debate.
- Ability to lead and exercise authority through expertise, and experience, showing both strategic
- and operational understanding of the business model.
- Strong big-picture and strategic orientation yet detail focused.
- Strong sense of collaboration and ability to develop positive relationships with key business stakeholders and demonstrate respectful, constructive negotiating skills.
- Leadership ability to inspire and motivate others to perform well through continuous feedback.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with proven ability to present and explain complex information and suggest process improvements to a diverse audience including Operations and Executive/Senior Management and the Board.
- Technical Knowledge: Should have a strong understanding of statistics and quantitative data
- analysis methods, understanding of different risk management related IT/software applications Data / database Management.
- Risk Control mindset: Should show mastery of risk disciplines at organisation-wide and integrated
- level, risk processes, tools and techniques, capital management, risk-related regulations, and compliance.
Key Performance Areas:
- Oversee the Risk Management Function to ensure teamwork; that they remain motivated through operational plans and performance evaluations.
- Environmental risk analysis and reporting, corrective strategies and maturity model developed.
- Facilitate information and communication technology risk identification and reporting, including the identification of cyber security risks, implementation of mitigating controls, strategies and processes required to ensure cyber resilience.
- Monitor the implementation of mitigating controls identified in the Strategic and Operational Risk Registers.
- Maintain close liaison with the Commissioner, Board Audit and Risk Committee and management.
- Monitor and review all tools, methodologies, policies, and procedures developed by the risk
- management team and facilitate approval by the Board/Executive Management.
- Monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on the risk environment within the organization.
- Improve the risk management readiness through communication and training programs.
- Maintain systems of internal controls and participate in all forms of risk management.
- Provide strategic direction, leadership, and management to the Risk Management Function.
- Develop and implement the Enterprise Risk Management Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
- Ensure that risks are identified, managed, and monitored in accordance with best practice and recognized standards.
- Manage and coordinate the activities of the Risk Management Function as well as reporting on all risk activities to MANCO, EXCO and the Board Audit & Risk Committee.
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